How Home Affairs became a scandal factory

<p>Barely a week goes by when the Department of Home Affairs isn’t under the blowtorch of media or political scrutiny.</p><p>In one way, the level of scrutiny is to be expected. When a department is so huge it takes in security, intelligence, immigration and policing functions, with some 14,000 staff under the one secretary – it’s inevitable.</p><p>The question is, should one department have so much power? </p><p>Today, chief political correspondent for <em>The Saturday Paper</em> Karen Barlow on the inner workings of the super department.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Socials: </strong>Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/7ampodcast">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Chief political correspondent for <em>The Saturday Paper</em>, Karen Barlow.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>